Bryan Shaw vs. Mike Thompson — Career Comparison

MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bryan Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.365 compared to 5.27 and 1.533 for Mike Thompson. By the career numbers, Bryan Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Shaw and Mike Thompson

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.5
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
10.2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.97
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.25
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
3.52
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.09
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.25
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
3.34
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.38
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
40.12
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.93
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.59
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.02
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.17
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
35.19
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Bryan Shaw and Mike Thompson

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.66
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.42
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.71
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.51
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.58
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.26
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.41
92.41
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Shaw and Mike Thompson

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
503.23
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
522.58
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
13.19
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
6.66
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
251.61
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA